The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000About national and international power in the "modern" or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the 5 centuries since the formation of the "new monarchies" in W. Europe. "From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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Page 256
... victory was unlikely for technical rea- sons . All of this is , of course , true , but it needs to be put in the context of the alliance system itself.192 After all , had the Russians been allowed to attack Austria - Hungary alone , or ...
... victory was unlikely for technical rea- sons . All of this is , of course , true , but it needs to be put in the context of the alliance system itself.192 After all , had the Russians been allowed to attack Austria - Hungary alone , or ...
Page 260
... victory in the manner of Jena or Sadowa ; even a " big push , " methodically plotted and prepared for months ahead , usually disintegrated into hundreds of small - scale battlefield actions , and was usually also accompanied by a near ...
... victory in the manner of Jena or Sadowa ; even a " big push , " methodically plotted and prepared for months ahead , usually disintegrated into hundreds of small - scale battlefield actions , and was usually also accompanied by a near ...
Page 367
... victory " in itself , but the circumstances of the victory , and in particular the circumstances in which England found herself .... 70 For the blunt fact was that in securing a victorious outcome to the war the British had severely ...
... victory " in itself , but the circumstances of the victory , and in particular the circumstances in which England found herself .... 70 For the blunt fact was that in securing a victorious outcome to the war the British had severely ...
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World Power Centers in the Sixteenth Century | 5 |
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The Political Divisions of Europe in the Sixteenth Century | 18 |
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